INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR SMART GRID

• Main Authors: NAKAMURA, Kohki, SAITO, Katsushi, NAGAI, Hideyuki
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.09.2023
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; COMPUTING; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRICITY; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; GENERATION; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

In the information processing apparatus, the virtually-stored electric energy amount of the one of the users stored in the first memory storage unit is configured to be arithmetically increased according to an amount of electric energy that is output from an electrical equipment unit associated with the one of the users to the smart grid and to be arithmetically reduced according to an amount of electric energy that is output from the smart grid to the electrical equipment unit associated with the one of the users.